RJ Scaringe on Rivian's Biggest Test: R2, Supply Chains & China
Everything Electric Podcast
The Fully Charged Show
4.8 • 1.4K Ratings
🗓️ 8 September 2025
⏱️ 58 minutes
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Summary
Imogen sits down with RJ Scaringe, founder and CEO of Rivian, for an in-depth conversation about the company's journey so far. From its ambitious beginnings to becoming a major player in the EV space. RJ shares Rivian's founding story, the realities of manufacturing in the US under today's complex political and economic climate, and how the company is navigating ongoing supply chain challenges.
They also explore Rivian's strategy in the face of growing competition from Chinese EV makers, the highly anticipated R2, and what the recent partnership with Volkswagen means for the company's future.
00:00 Who is Rivian?
03:00 Rivian EV Lineup
05:00 Rivian Design
06:00 The Origin of Rivian
10:00 EV Sales & Rivian Success
12:00 Mission
14:30 Challenges
19:30 Supply Chain
29:00 Do EV Makers Talk to Each Other?
31:30 VW Partnership & Relationship
40:00 Retrofitting Thoughts
42:15 Chinese EV Makers
49:45 Manufacturing
51:30 Jeff Bezos
52:30 Porsche
53:00 RJ Scaringe
56:30 RJ Scaringe One Wish!
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome to another episode of the Everything Electric podcast. |
| 0:11.0 | And if you are watching this rather than listening to it, you may notice that today is a different day from the interview with our guest. |
| 0:17.0 | And that is because I spoke to our guest quite late at night and got so excited I totally forgot about the intro and outro. But our guest and that is because I spoke to our guest quite late at night and got so excited |
| 0:21.2 | I totally forgot about the intro and outro. But our guest today is of course R.J. Scarrange, |
| 0:26.6 | who is the founder and CEO of Rivian and in this conversation he shared details of how |
| 0:31.5 | the Rivian came to be, the founding story, the supply chain risks that they're currently facing, |
| 0:37.0 | what's happening in China |
| 0:38.3 | and what to expect next from the Rivian lineup. It is such a wonderful conversation and I cannot |
| 0:43.5 | wait to share it with you. But first, a very quick advert break. |
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| 1:08.0 | Now, back to the episode. |
| 1:10.6 | RJ, thank you so much for giving up an hour of your morning. |
| 1:13.8 | There are so many people who are going to be listening to this podcast who know precisely |
| 1:17.0 | who you are and what you do. But for those who might have been living under a rock, |
| 1:21.3 | what is your dinner party response when people say, oh, hello, who are you? And what do you do? |
| 1:27.7 | Well, it's been for a while now. I would have, I would respond by saying, I started Rivian. |
| 1:33.7 | And up until a few years ago, then it would follow with what is Rivian. And I'd have to |
| 1:38.5 | describe what, what Rivian is and, you know, what it takes to start a car company. But I would, you know, I started Rivian in 2009. |
| 1:48.3 | And it's been quite the journey, you know, starting a car company from scratch, you know, |
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